Birmingham is anxiously awaiting the new Grand Bohemian hotel in Mountain Brook Village. While the opening is still a year away, we’ve got the highlights of what hotelier Richard Kessler is bringing to our fine city. Can’t wait? Here are four of his other properties to visit in the meantime.

If friends are the family you choose, Carla and Alex Edgeworth chose well. The eleven families in their Supper Club have been inseparable for more than a decade. And each summer they find themselves gathering at Lake Mitchell to celebrate true friendship.